Meaning of notations:

(N) - not a complete obit - similar to a death notice, usually establishing some type of tie to the local area
Obit - usually includes birth, relatives, circumstances of death
Article - usually a newsworthy item about the circumstances of death
Town/town & state - often the local area of origin and the area they died. Ex. - Frederika/Sioux Falls, SD

My thanks to Karlyn Armstrong for transcribing and contributing this index.

1 January 1997 18 June 1997
James Kingsbury - Red Wing, MN
None
   
8 January 1997 25 June 1997
Victor Deterding (73) - Tripoli
None
Ronald Rieck (51) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids
 
Oscar Gager (74) - New Hampton
2 July 1997
Gustav Jaschen (96) - Tripoli
None
Howard Bockhaus (86) - Des Moines
 
Verla (Boeckman) Bergmann (63) - Waterloo
9 July 1997
Julia (Eble) Olson (100) - Pomeroy
Ernest Barbknecht (90) - Tripoli
Neva (Cummings) Siggelkov (99) - Oelwein
Donna (Peacock) Jack (68) - Prescott Valley, Arizona
   
15 January 1997 16 July 1997
Earl L. Tiedt (74) - Readlyn
None
Esther M. (Eggleston) Pleggenkuhle (100) - Frederika
 
Emma Warner (91) - Tripoli - notice
23 July 1997
 
Josephine "Jody" (Homan) Harmening (90) - Waverly
22 January 1997  
Dorothy Thurm (75) - Readlyn
6 August 1997
Emma (Buhr) Warner (92) - Tripoli
Emil Schweer (89) - Tripoli
 
Vada (Kleiss) Platte Ganske (69) - Tripoli
29 January 1997
Evelyn (Wilson) Boomgaarden (75) - Spring Valley, MN
None
Irene (Muether) Oliver (85) - Sumner
   
5 February 1997 13 August 1997
None
Leo E. Nacke (79) - Oelwein
   
12 February 1997 20 August 1997
Alfred Kueker (82) - Greeley, Colorado
Alan Harmening (42) - Tripoli
Lawrence Buls (78) - Tripoli
 
Donald Hale (83)  - Auburn, Washington - notice
27 August 1997
Henry Riechmann (82) - Artesian
None
   
19 February 1997 3 September 1997
Esther Redies (90) - Tripoli - notice
Leo Wittenburg (79) - Readlyn - notice
Adella (Buhr) Schultz (94) - Artesian/Waverly
 
  10 September 1997
26 February 1997 None
Esther (Struck) Redies (90) - Tripoli
 
Lillian (Bathke) Finder (71) - Readlyn
17 September 1997
Leo Beisner (78) - Tripoli
Ruth (Schlewitz) Bruch (79) - Sumner
 
Gladys (Hennings) Patterson (57) - Waverly
5 March 1997
Olinda (Bremer) Hagedorn (83) - Frederika
None
Arthur Hoeper (88) - Tripoli
 
Eldo Kehe (79) - Tripoli
12 March 1997  
None 24 September 1997
 
Walter Lohmann (91) - Tripoli
19 March 1997
Cora (Hauessler) Haugen (103) - Tripoli/Minneapolis
Lavern "Verm" Kuker (63) - Readlyn
 
Eva P. (Sherrets) Ranberger Biermann (83) - Independence
1 October 1997
Magdalen "Maggie" Popes (86) - Nashua
Lester M. Moehlis (73) - Janesville
Arlin G. Snider (51) - Sumner
 
  8 October 1997
26 March 1997
Winifred M. (Chapin) Moehlis (74) - Janesville (joint services with Lester)
None  
  15 October 1997
2 April 1997 None
Leona (Bunger) Kreis (88) - Tripoli
 
Beverly (Rohrssen) Zahn (80) - Waverly
22 October 1997
James H. "Jim" Boelman (67) - Denver/Cassville, WI
Walter Brase (85) - Western Douglas
   
9 April 1997 29 October 1997
Austin Bockhaus (61) - Frederika
Ernest Buhr - Readlyn
Evelyn (Waschkat) Kirchhoff (71) - Sumner
Doretta Dettmering (87) - Tripoli
   
16 April 1997 5 November 1997
Donald Wedemeier (71) - Waterloo
Wendell "Hap" Heidemann (80) - Janesville
Elsa (Kuhrt) Alcock (96) - Tripoli
Kathryn Maas (79) - Waterloo/New Hartford - notice
William L. Bentley (53) - Fredericksburg
Victor Nacke (78) - Tripoli - notice
Warren Bergmann (34) - Frederika
 
Grace (Sherburne) Forry (80) - Clarksville
12 November 1997
Harold Meier (84) - Denver/Waverly
Laura (Miller) Lahmann (84) - Tripoli
 
Victor Nacke (78) - Tripoli
22 April 1997  
Walter Zander (87) - Artesian
19 November 1997
Mathilda (Nuss) Engelke (90) - Sumner
Dorothy (Zabel) Miller (74) - Tripoli
Robert "Chet" Missman (86) - Woden
 
  26 November 1997
30 April 1997
Norman Engle (63) - Fifty Lakes, MN
Harold L. Ager (73) - Frederika
 
Agnes D. Klenzman (85) - Western Douglas
3 December 1997
 
Louise (Lau) Matthiesen - Readlyn
7 May 1997  
Dennis Oldenburger (44) - Waverly
10 December 1997
 
Judy Williams (45) - Tripoli - notice
14 May 1997  
Hulda (Kehe) Meier (93) - Readlyn
17 December 1997
LaDonna  (Dettmer) Peters (65)  - Readlyn
Louie Everding (97) - Waverly
Juliette Heisler-Converse (82) - Sumner
Judy A. (Peters) Williams (45) - Tripoli
   
21 May 1997 24 December 1997
Edna (Sell) Strike Hartshorn (87) - Buck Creek/Waverly
Howard Troutman (76) - Waverly
 
Mabel (Fleming) McElhose (87) - Waterloo
28 May 1997  
Howard J. Nuss (86) - Sumner
31 December 1997
 
Agnes (Musch) Wente (81) - Denver
4 June 1997
Margaretha (Buhr) Boldt (81) - Buck Creek/Waterloo
Marvin Benzine (71) - Janesville
 
   
11 June 1997  
Elsa (Lehmkuhl) Tegtmeier (98) - Tripoli
 
Lela (Gillett) Kelly (84) - Frederika/Long Beach California
 
Margaret (Kammeyer) Kalkbrenner (81) - Tripoli
 

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Indexes to Obituaries in the Tripoli Leader -- 1997